Sean Spicer

Sean Spicer (23 September 1971-) was White House Press Secretary from 20 January to 21 July 2017 (succeeding Josh Earnest and preceding Sarah Huckabee Sanders) and White House Communications Director from 20 January to 6 March 2017 (succeeding Jen Psaki and preceding Michael Dubke) and from 2 June to 21 July 2017 (succeeding Dubke and preceding Anthony Scaramucci).

Biography
Sean Spicer was born in Manhasset, Nassau County, New York in 1971, and he grew up in Rhode Island. After graduating from Connecticut College in 1993, he worked on the political campaigns of Republican politicians Mike Pappas, Frank LoBiondo, Mark Foley, and Clay Shaw, and he served as a public affairs officer for the US Navy Reserve. After serving in numerous public relations roles for his party, he served as communications director of the Republican National Committee from 2011 to 2017 and as its chief strategist from 2015 to 2017, and then as White House Press Secretary and Communicatios Director in 2017. He became infamous for his contentious relationship with the press and for his controversial and false statements, including claims that Trump's inauguration had the largest number of spectators in history and that the press was attempting to cover this up. Trump soon became displeased with Spicer's performance in both roles, and he decided to resign in July 2017 after Anthony Scaramucci was appointed Communications Director with direct access to the President (while Spicer still had to go through the Chief of Staff). He remained at the White House in an unspecified capacity until 31 August 2017.